By Stefan Nilsson, Roppongi Rocks
Here’s something different: Greek rockers Raw In Sect have matched the weirdness of their music with an equally strange and colourful video for the track “Therion”. Experience and enjoy something that isn’t mainstream metal.
Swedish traditional hard rockers Troubled Horse have released “Track 7”, the second single from the fantastic album “Revolution n Repeat”. Available via Rise Above Records.
Roppongi Rocks video: Paul Shortino (Quiet Riot, Rough Cutt, King Kobra, This Is Spinal Tap, Shortino/Northrup, Raiding the Rock Vault) performing “Run to You”, a song about missing his son which he wrote during his time in Quiet Riot. Filmed at Club Quattro in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan on 22nd June 2017. http://www.roppongirocks.com
By Stefan Nilsson, Roppongi Rocks
Frigid Bich created some great heavy metal anthems in the early 1980s. They were on the verge of making it big, but somehow they never quite made it. During 2016, the classic line-up of the band started rehearsing again. Here’s a video of what Frigid Bich sounds like in 2017. It’s a re-recording of their classic “Tyrants of a Generation”. Who would’ve thought, eh? Bleeding fantastic!
Brand new video from Metallica for the song “ManUNkind” from the album “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct” which will be released on 18th November. Video directed by Jonas Åkerlund who revisits his Bathory roots with this video.
Andrea Vacchiotti and Andrea Lorenti of Ultra-Violence on stage in Tokyo. Photo: Stefan Nilsson
By Stefan Nilsson, Roppongi Rocks
Italian thrash metal band Ultra-Violence has followed up their successful Japanese tour with Skull Fist this summer with a real treat for their fans: a great documentary of the Spiritual Beast-organised tour. The mini documentary features interviews with the band members and plenty of footage of the band in Japan, including some of Roppongi Rocks’ pictures from the Tokyo gig. Watch the full documentary here:
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Here’s a taste of Italian symphonic power metal band Secret Sphere‘s forthcoming live release, “One Night in Tokyo”, which will be released in DVD, CD and MP3 formats by Frontiers Music on 14th October. In Secret Sphere you’ll find a familiar face in the form of Whitesnake‘s Michele Luppi as lead vocalist.
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Our favourite Ukrainian metal band Jinjer is back with a new video for a track from their new album, “King of Everything”.
By Stefan Nilsson, Roppongi Rocks
I have been a big Kee Marcello fan since his Easy Action days in the early to mid-1980s, but most readers probably know him from his years as lead guitarist in Europe (1986-92). Now he has a new solo album ready. Here’s the great title track from the new album, which will be released on 14th October.
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